Program Manager II - Vendor Management

You could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members. Centene is transforming the health of our communities, one person at a time. As a diversified, national organization, you’ll have access to competitive benefits including a fresh perspective on workplace flexibility.
 

Position Purpose: Plan, organize, monitor, and oversee programs utilizing cross functional teams to deliver defined requirements and meet business needs and strategic objectives.

• Support business department initiatives that promote, quality, safety and cost of care opportunity.
• Provide vendor coordination, vendor management communication, and oversee programs utilizing cross functional teams to deliver defined requirements and meet business needs and strategic objectives.
• Manage the full project life cycle including requirements gathering, creation of project plans and schedules, obtaining and managing resources, vendor invoicing, and facilitating project execution, deployment, and closure.
• Collect, analyze, and interpret data to solve data discrepancies to help drive informed business decisions
• Develop and maintain project plans and dashboards/reports and present findings to leadership
• Provide data-driven recommendations to support decision-making processes
• Create and monitor all department deliverables to ensure adherence to quality standards including clinical reporting documents, related reference materials, and policy and procedure documentation.
• Ensure vendor/internal IT data accuracy and integrity
• Work closely with vendors to maintain detailed project documentation including meeting minutes, action items, issues lists, and risk management plans
• Establish vendor performance standards and conduct vendor audits
• Utilize corporate and industry standard project management tools and techniques to effectively manage projects
• Identify resources, resolve issues, and mitigate risks.
• Identify requirements, procedures and problems to improve existing processes
• Follow up with stakeholders based on due dates of tasks and effectively communicate project health to all stakeholders
• Coordinate/lead cross-functional meetings with various functional areas to meet overall stakeholder expectations and business objectives
• Manage projects through the full project life cycle
• Provide leadership and effectively communicate project status to all stakeholders
• Negotiate with project stakeholders to identify and secure resources, resolve issues and mitigate risks
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of project management.
• Health care experience preferred.
• Intermediate Excel strongly preferred.
• Data analysis experience strongly preferred

Pay Range: $68,700.00 - $123,700.00 per year

Centene offers a comprehensive benefits package including: competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules.  Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law.  Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives.

Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the LA County Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act